Located 20 minutes east of Ocho Rios and less than a 10-minute drive from Ian Fleming International Airport, Fleming Vilia now sleeps up to 10 people and boasts its own private beach, swimming pool, tropical gardens and a dedicated staff of butler, housekeeper and cook. But when, in 1946, Fleming designed and built the villa on a low cliff overlooking Oracabessa Bay it was intended simply as a secluded writers retreat. He called it Goldeneye after a naval operation he was involved in while working tor Britain s Naval Intelligence Division during the Second Wbrld War. Sitting at a plain wooden desk, he created what is today one of the worlds most recognisable characters: 007 agent James Bond For his iconic hero, Fleming lifted the name of an English ornithologist from the cover of the Field Guide of Birds of the West Indies.
Chris Blackwell acquired Goldeneye in 1976, but it appears much earlier in his life. Ian Fleming and
